NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Describe attachment in a family/whānau and foster care setting
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
4
This unit standard is designed for those people whose activities
bring them into contact with children, or who have a
responsibility to respond to children in a family/whanau and
foster care setting.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
attachment and its importance, and factors that influence a
child’s ability to form attachments, in a family/whānau and
foster care setting.
Classification
Social Services > Whānau/Family and Foster Care
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Attachment – a special and enduring emotional relationship that exists between a child
and their primary caregiver which brings safety, comfort, security and reliability to both
parties.
Family/whanau and foster care includes but is not limited to – kinship care, whānau care,
foster care, and foster homes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe attachment and its importance in a family/whānau and foster care setting.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The concept of attachment is described in terms of the relationship between a
child or young person and an adult.
1.2
Reasons for the importance of a positive attachment relationship are described
in terms of the impact on a child or young person.
Range
1.3
evidence is required of three reasons.
Attachment disorders are described in terms of their types.
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Range
1.4
evidence is required of three examples of attachment disorders.
Consequences of a negative attachment relationship are described in terms of
the impact on a child or young person.
Range
1.5
evidence is required of three consequences.
Dimensions a whānau /kin and foster carer uses to build a secure base for
relationships are described in terms of the relationship with a child.
Range
1.6
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evidence is required of three dimensions.
Whānau /kin and foster carer tasks that will enable a child or young person to
build a secure attachment are described in terms of the impact on behaviour.
Range
evidence is required of five tasks.
Outcome 2
Describe factors that influence a child’s ability to form attachments in a family/whanau and
foster care setting.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Factors that influence how a child or young person views their world are
described in terms of what they think about themselves and others.
Range
2.2
evidence is required of three factors.
Factors that influence how a child or young person views relationships are
described in terms of the influence on their behaviour.
Range
2.3
evidence is required of three factors.
Factors that will enable a child or young person to build a secure attachment are
described in terms of the influence on their behaviour.
Range
evidence is required of three factors.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0222
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited
info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2014